Don't think I've ever seen any player take their shirt off as they actually score a goal. Seen plenty do it after they've scored though. Whole idea of booking a player for taking their shirt off for a few seconds is ******* stupid anyway, but if that is the rule then it should be applied 100% in ev...

Three wins on the bounce for Leicester, and the record is very much back on. They need 32 points from 15 games - still a big ask, but they are very capable of (say) 10 wins and 2 draws to the end of the season. Should win their next two at home to Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday, and then it ...

It would seem pretty on brand for us to end up surviving relegation fairly comfortably only to be liquidated in July / August. If there's no takeover on the horizon, it'd be a brave individual who'd buy a season ticket when renewal time comes around It'd be a brave bank/credit card provider who'd a...

Anyone saying "... and we will be safe" really ought to be adding the caveat "assuming there are no more points deductions".

Was just looking up some Ajax detail and noticed that of their first 20 managers, covering the time period of 1910 - 1965, 12 were English, 1 Scottish and 1 Irish I didn't know that, and now want to read up more on it! I'd point you to this - the story of how Brits took football to the world. https...

All of this activity is really just the PL telling the government that they're perfectly capable of governing football themselves and so an independent regulator is not needed, thank you very much.

How does it work for promoted clubs like Forrest? Are the EFL and Premier League rules the same so they can use 3 years of accounts. Don't think so, they're two different jurisdictions. Bournemouth got fined by the EFL for breaking the rules when they went up, so I don't see how that can have count...

How does it work for promoted clubs like Forrest? Are the EFL and Premier League rules the same so they can use 3 years of accounts. Don't think so, they're two different jurisdictions. Bournemouth got fined by the EFL for breaking the rules when they went up, so I don't see how that can have count...

Shame it took an abandonment for them to express any sort of empathy. But this raises the still unclear question, they don’t have the power then who does? At the moment feels like only the UK government can intervene. That's because only the UK Gov can intervene. And to be honest it seems too late ...

....... The idea that £50k would get anything for a club with assets worth about £15m - £25m is hilarious. ... If it's losing a million or more a year, and if those paper assets of £15m - £25m can't be realised because of planning or other restrictions, then taking any sum to be able to walk away i...

I wonder if the EFL won't give us another points deduction as they know how toxic a decision that would be? They also know they'd be setting a precedent for other clubs and pitch invasions not to be punished if they don't. Almost certainly it'll be a suspended points deduction, as happened at Black...

Noticed Wokingham Borough Council does have elections this year. I thought they had a whole council election every four years, rather than a third of the council being up each year. In fact, due to boundary changes, the whole council is up this year. Based off of this exchange on the Embargo thread...

Is Bearwood "protected" in any way? Can't see how it would be. It doesn't qualify for ACV, so it'd be down to the planners to approve/deny a change of use application. Thanks, just asking as I think Reading had problems persuading the local council to let them develop the site even though...

Yep. I've marched along Brighton seafront with the best of them, and stood on the steps of York Minster in the pouring rain alongside two coachloads of Brighton fans at York's "Fans United" day so I'm well versed in the history of it all. But, as you say, ultimately protests have to be ta...

Sutekh Is Bearwood "protected" in any way?

Can't see how it would be. It doesn't qualify for ACV, so it'd be down to the planners to approve/deny a change of use application.

The fans don't have the money to finance losses, would other people be willing to stump up for the losses but not have overa'l control of the club? It could work so long as the clubs have annual budgets signed off by the league. And aren't allowed to operate deficits. No need to kick out owners if ...

.... As my username suggests I am a Brighton fan. I happen to live in Reading. In 1996 after hearing that our ground was to be sold (asset stripping) leaving us with nowhere to play, (Edited for brevity) Hi Ozzygull - don't worry, I know all about your struggles (and was personally involved in quit...

But in that instance, surely it accelerates the route to liquidation? If you have all the assets of a football club but nowhere for them to play, why not just get rid of the lot and make use of the land to sell to get money back (stadium protection excepted)? Pretty much, but it does solve the FL's...

And that's fine, so long as owners deposit capital. It would show them the significance of their decisions; how much would we have needed from Dai for Moore's contract? Yessss - but this doesn't get over the fundamental problem that the money handed over by an owner isn't handed over without string...

Even if there was an annual check, could they actually force an owner to sell if they subsequently failed it? It does feel like really significant changes are needed to prevent this happening again to some other poor club 51% fan ownership, remaining 49% sold as a licence, with regular (probably no...